ORACLE=5FPATH Function Specifies the search path for files used by Oracle

applications,
such as SQL*Plus (*.sql ), Oracle Forms (*.frm), and Oracle
Reports (*.rpt). If the full path to the file is not specified, or if
the file is not in the current directory, the Oracle application
uses ORACLE=5FPATH to locate the file.
Syntax Colon-separated list of directories:
directory1:directory2:directory3
Example /u01/app/oracle/product/9.0.1/bin:.
Note: The period adds the current working directory to the
search path.

ORACLE=5FPATH This points to the bin directory. On my Linux box at home, that's like /home/Oracle=5FInstall/OraHome1/bin

ORACLE=5FSID Function Specifies the Oracle system identifier.
Syntax A string of numbers and letters that must begin with a letter.
Oracle Corporation recommends a maximum of eight
characters for system identifiers. For more information on this
environment variable, see the Oracle9i Installation Guide
Release 1 (9.0.1) for UNIX Systems.

I think you'll probably need $ORACLE=5FBASE, too, if you have mount points
for the database. That will point to the home directory from which the

database is mounted, especially if the database is not mounted from the

This is a guide for installing an Oracle SERVER Release 3 (8.1.7) in Red Hat 7.2. Chances are the tips for installing a CLIENT are the same. The possible issues are, probably, also the same. Try it out. Hope it helps.

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> I'm trying to install the oracle 817 client on a dell server running redhat linux7.2, connecting to a 817 database server on Win2k. I'm
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> loading the installer on cdrom, but the installer won't start on the linux machine. The process seemed to start and was consuming 99% CPU, but
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> memory consumption was almost nothing. Do I have to set some environment variables in Linux to get it running?
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> Thanks!